The debate about ebooks v paper books is nothing new. Keith Houston explains how a very similar debate raged as the first books came to be in ancient Rome.

Harold Newman stands hunched over the pages. The curve in his upper spine looks like he's been standing there for years, looking down at the newspaper lying on his table...

We've collected together some of the interesting, contentious and important library and information stories that were discussed around the world last month.

Our digitisation workshops are for the libraries, archives and museums sector. Our main aim will be to show you an end to end digitisation process from capture through to online serving of the digitised content.

Come find animated history of all flavors including major historic events, celebrities, National Parks, newsreels, animated patents, dancing sailors, and more from the holdings of the U.S. National Archives...

Technology can help remove some of the many barriers met by people with disabilities. Scannx Book Scancentre software comes with a number of accessibility features to help those with disabilities.

You’ve probably noticed by now that although we embark on many different projects involving digitisation we still feel very strongly about our old friend microfilm. After all, it is microfilm that has made Genus the success it is today, so when our good friend Trevor Ray of ASM Data Core kindly donated this 1940’s microfilm reader for us to restore, of course, we jumped at the chance.

We experience our world with five senses to guide us, but for the most part, we learn about the past with only three. We have become adept at preserving our history in audio, visual, and tactile forms, while old recipes can communicate taste, but rarely do we ever think to capture a whiff of the scents that swirl around us.